Category: archives

  • CHIT-CHAT: A bitter sweet goodbye

    CHIT-CHAT By Sarah Winkelman Please keep in touch.    This is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do.    Saying goodbye has never been easy for me. Back when we were allowed to stand at airport gates and wave goodbye to friends and family departing on trips, I would stand there bawling my…

  • May 11, 5:29 p.m.: Europe’s selective memory

    World War II through the prism of competing claims, memories and agendas. By: Hank Kalet    Timothy Garton Ash, a professor of European studies at Oxford University and a Hoover Institution senior fellow, takes the congratulatory coverage (here or here) of the president’s visit to Europe for the 60th anniversary of the end of World War…

  • Merrill Lynch and Kim Bruno get Hopewell Valley Foundation’s E-Squared Awards

    Event, attended by 145 people, was held at Hopewell Valley Golf Club.    The sixth annual E-Squared Awards dinner took place Friday at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club.    The event, attended by 145 people, honored this year’s E-squared awardees and served as a fundraising event for the Hopewell Valley Foundation.    E-Squared stands for Education and Enterprise,…

  • Blawenburg Band sets anniversary concert May 21

       MONTGOMERY — The Blawenburg Band will celebrate 115 years with an anniversary concert on Saturday, May 21, at the Montgomery High School auditorium.    The 70-piece concert band — one of the oldest in the state — will perform well-known favorites, as well as premieres of two new compositions.    The concert will begin at 8 p.m.…

  • By design

    Interior decorator shows off her handiwork. By: Elaine Worden    Angela Spina’s home is elegant.    The walls are painted in bold, rich reds and golds flanked in soft textile window treatments made from intricately designed fabrics outlined in fringe. The heavy, sturdy furniture is sprawled out in every room, inviting guests to take a seat.    Although…

  • Kinrade becomes king of county court

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    BERNARDS — Don’t ever underestimate the mental aspect of tennis. Hillsborough High senior Thomas Kinrade proved that in winning last week’s Somerset County first singles championship.    Kinrade knew he was going to have to win the mental war if he expected to leave The Pingry School facility with…

  • Busy beaver damages waterways

    Beaver builds dam in pond in Davidsons Mill Pond Park. By: Joseph Harvie    The phrase "busy as a beaver" has become a truth in South Brunswick.    A beaver that made his home in the southernmost pond in Davidsons Mill Pond Park on Riva Avenue seems to have caused quite a problem.    The beaver built a…

  • Fried, People for Reform chosen for council

    Washington Township voters elect Dave Fried as mayor and David Boyne, Ronda Hyams, Bill Lesniak, Larry Schneider and Sonja Walter to the council. By: Lauren Burgoon Editor’s note: The following story is an update of the one that appeared in the May 12 issue and includes absentee ballot votes.    WASHINGTON — It was a clean…

  • Track athletes face tough MVC foes

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High track and field team ran into some tough opposition in last week’s Mountain Valley Conference Relays at Governor Livingston in Berkeley Heights.    While the Mustangs have enough depth to win some dual meets, the relay format demands a little more firepower. In certain events, one dominant…